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Easton Area High School junior Jimmy Saylor and teammate Evan Fidelibus led a strong contingent from the Morning Call region at the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) National Wrestling Championships this past weekend at Virginia Beach, Va. Saylor came through with a second-place medal in the junior 145-pound division. Classmate Fidelibus was sixth at 138. Each high school class featured a separate competition. A middle school tournament also was held. Also getting medals in the junior competition were Lucas Schaf of Emmaus (sixth at 132) and Connor Frey of Lehighton (fifth at 182). Among the sophomores who placed were Northampton's Dan Moran (fourth at 113),...

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Easton Area High School junior Jimmy Saylor and teammate Evan Fidelibus led a strong contingent from the Morning Call region at the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) National Wrestling Championships this past weekend at Virginia Beach, Va....

Both the Northampton and Freedom High softball teams felt like winners Monday just by stepping onto the field.
That's because just stepping on the field has been a monumental task this spring.
But the host Patriots got a bonus.
Not only did they get...

Several Lehigh Valley boys volleyball teams are off to fast starts this season. But once again, there are two teams ahead of the field.
After winning the Lehigh Valley and District 11 titles last season, all signs point to Parkland as this season's...

A weekly look back at sports in the Lehigh Valley, in anniversaries of multiples of five years.
March 30
2000—John Walson Jr., the president of Service Electric Cable Television, purchases majority ownership in the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs, the area's...

Items for the calendar must be typed and received at least 10 days in advance of your proposed publishing date at: Sports Calendar, The Morning Call, P.O. Box 1260, Allentown, PA 18105. They may be faxed to the sports department at 610-820-8654 or sent...

Nearly 100 area basketball players showcased their talents at the 40th Annual Via All-Star Basketball Classic on Saturday at Northampton Community College.
The event featured the top male and female high school seniors from the Lehigh Valley. It also...

At Wednesday night's Via All-Star Banquet at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center, guest speaker Doug Flutie, the former Heisman Trophy winner, talked about how you need to work hard and prepare and be ready for that big moment in your life or career.
Five...

NEW YORK — To toughen safety standards in youth sports, medical experts are turning away from lawmakers and toward high school sports associations to implement policies and procedures to prevent deaths and serious injuries.
The National Athletic...

A year ago, Dawn Cipolla was in the bleachers watching her daughter help Parkland repeat as Lehigh Valley Conference girls lacrosse champion and win its first-ever District 11 title.
This year, she is on the sidelines, hoping to lead the Trojans to a...

Put teammates Sam Iorio and Devante Cross in the same room and there's bound to be some bickering.
Iorio, smiling, said of Cross: "He's like a brother to me, which is probably why we don't get along all the time. Sometimes, he's a clown."
...

Parkland boys basketball coach Andy Stephens said that when his team headed home from Souderton following a 57-41 loss to Pennsbury in the second round of the state tournament on March 11, "You could have heard a pin drop on the bus."
Then...

You can only imagine the emotional turmoil that must have been swirling in the mind of Notre Dame men's basketball coach Mike Brey on Saturday.
The high of an Atlantic Coast Conference championship still lingering. A tough opening-round struggle...

There was no bigger breakthrough performer during last year's track and field postseason than Jaylyn Aminu of Liberty.
She won't be a surprise this season, though.
Aminu, a sophomore, claimed Lehigh Valley Conference and District 11 Class 3A...

The Parkland High School of today is very different from Brant Weidner's Parkland.
Back in the late 1970s, the Trojans had some success in various sports, but were generally not the Goliath among local scholastic athletic programs that often sparks...

Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie will talk and take questions this afternoon at the NFL owners meetings in Phoenix. Look for coverage in print and on-line editions of The Morning Call. … Although his mother, Weissport native Betty Mullen Brey, died earlier that...

A weekly look back at sports in the Lehigh Valley, in anniversaries of multiples of five years.March 231995—Pete Lisicky, a freshman from Whitehall, hits a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left to lift Penn State to a 67-64 win at Iowa...

As Andy Stephens watched on television while Philadelphia's Roman Catholic defeated Philadelphia's Martin Luther King 62-45 Saturday night at Hershey's Giant Center, he tried to visualize how his Parkland boys basketball team could find itself on that...

The 2014-15 high school basketball season is over.
It ended too soon for most of our teams, but many can still feel good about their seasons.
Parkland, a fixture in the state poll, finished No. 10 in 4A.
Pottsville finished sixth in 3A and Notre...

An abundance of talented tennis players are returning this season in District 11.
Parkland appears to be the deepest 3A team and are the early-season favorites. The Trojans, who knocked off Stroudsburg in last year's district team championship, return...

The late, great Frank Sinatra once had a hit song called "It was a very good year," and for a basketball fan living in Allentown 70 years ago in 1945 that is exactly what it was — a very good year.
For the basketball season of 1944-45 one could...